Cyprinidae

Poropuntius bolovenensis

Poropuntius bolovenensis

Fish Reaching Twenty Centimeters in the Mekong Basin

• Tropical
• Lower river
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Southeast Asia
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Poropuntius deauratus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius which is found in coastal river drainages in central Vietnam: between the Thu Bon River in Quang Nam Province and the Quang Tri River in Quang Tri Province. There was a marked decline in this species' abundance between 2000 and 2009 when the population may have declined by as much as 80%, this decline was probably caused by overfishing. Its habitat is medium and small sized rivers and streams where it is normally found in fast-flowing, clear water and it cannot survive where these are impounded.